April 7, 2015 edition
STANDING before 500 employees of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Taufiequrachman Ruki presented his plan to assess the commission's independent investigators. This was during a closed-door meeting held on the first Tuesday in March.
The acting KPK Chairman Ruki claimed he had consulted the head of the KPK Legal Affairs Bureau, Chatarina Girsang, about the legal basis of appointing independent investigators. "My question to Ibu Chatarina was whether there were any commission rules or government regulation concerning the appointment of KPK investigators. She said there were none," said Ruki, in a recording of the meeting that Tempo obtained.
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January 1, 1970 edition
January 1, 1970 edition
January 1, 1970 edition
Stepping into the small, 3x4 meter lobby on the second floor of the Indonesian Grassroots Movement's (GMBI) office on Jalan Dalem Kaum in Bandung, West Java, brings one face-to-face with three very different objects: a sculpture, a striped tiger skin and a cleaver.
"I'm not a righteous man, but am trying to be good," GMBI Chairman Mohamad Fauzan Rachman mused in a heavy Sundanese accent before joining Tempo for lunch at a roadside stall next to the office. He is the founder and regional chairman for the GMBI's West Java branch, and also chairman of the field network. Every GMBI member who were passing by stopped to kiss his hand.
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January 1, 1970 edition
To President Joko Widodo, Solo is more than just a hometown. Last week he chose the Central Java city as the place to announce the withdrawal of Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan's nomination as police chief. Jokowi held no special ceremony to mark the occasion, just stood in front of the Diamond Convention Center building after attending the People's Conscience (Hanura) Party's national conference and greeted the dozens of reporters who had been waiting for him.
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January 1, 1970 edition
On Tuesday last week, the leaders of the pro-government coalition of political parties were summoned to a meeting with President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo. The politicians arrived at Merdeka Palace, the president's official residence. They had just come away from a gathering at the house of Megawati Soekarnoputri, chair of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), in Menteng, Central Jakarta.
Of the party leaders, only National Democrat (NasDem) Party chief Surya Paloh was absent. Surya's secretary-general, Patrice Rio Capella, attended in his place. "Pak Surya is abroad," Patrice said.
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January 1, 1970 edition